My LINKcat AccountThe countdown for Harry Potter Birthday Party continues apace. As of this publication date (7/25), it is a mere 5 days until the party. We are running around taking care of all the details to make this a memorable event for all of you party-goers. Remember to come in costume, if you wish! Next week is the final Concert on Market Street. At 6:30 p.m. the Soggy Prairie Band will be performing and I quote from their website “Soggy Prairie has the five-piece instrumentation of a traditional bluegrass band, but they don’t call them traditional. With a mix of bluegrass standards, modern takes on country and Americana, and original music, Soggy Prairie puts on a show that demonstrates the versatility and broad appeal of string music.” Once we have passed the Harry Party Birthday Party, can the end of the Summer Reading Program be far behind, I hear you ask. My answer is “You are correct.” The Summer Reading Program ends on August 16th. There is still plenty of time to read, earn dragon dollars, and spend those dragon dollars in our store. AS of July 18th, the community challenge of reading 27, 500 titles is well within reach. 21, 083 books have been read to date. If the community challenge is met by August 16th, the library will throw an end-of-summer-reading-program party at the library on August 27th. There are lots of new books to help you keep reading and help you help us meet that community goal. Below are some of the new book titles which recently arrived at the library. Keep reading! Enjoy!
New Non-Fiction
“New New Things: A Radically Simple 30-day Guide to Saving Money, the Planet, and Your Sanity” by Ashlee Piper. From an award-winning sustainability expert comes a witty, no-nonsense guide to regaining control over your time, consumerist impulses and financial and mental wellness.
“The Can-Do Mindset: How to Cultivate Resilience, Follow Your Heart, and Fight for Your Passions” by Candace Parker. Blending personal stories with motivational guidance, a WNBA legend recounts her journey as an athlete and advocate, introducing a mindset framework rooted in community, authenticity, resilience, and purpose to inspire readers to overcome obstacles and pursue meaningful success on their own terms.
“Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language” by Adam Aleksic. An exploration of how the internet and social media are reshaping language, from viral slang to changing grammar, revealing how communication has evolved in response to algorithms, technology and cultural shifts in an era of unprecedented linguistic transformation.
New Fiction
“The Homemade God” by Rachel Joyce. During a sweltering European heatwave, four siblings gather at their family lake house to investigate the mysterious death of their renowned artist father—who vanished after remarrying a younger woman, leaving behind an unfinished masterpiece—while confronting long-hidden familial wounds and an enigmatic stepmother's influence.
“The Night Birds” by Christopher Golden. An atmospheric horror novel by a “New York Times” best-selling author is set in a deteriorated, half-sunken freighter ship off the coast of Galveston, Texas.
“Austen at Sea” by Natalie Jenner. Two pairs of siblings, devotees of Jane Austen, find their lives transformed by a visit to England and Sir Francis Austen, her brother and keeper of her memories and surviving artifacts.
“Doggone Bones, No. 29 (Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery)” by Carolyn Haines. When a local pet activist’s dog is stolen, Sarah Booth and the Delaney Detective Agency race against time to find the thieves who are shady breeders involved in illegal dogfighting in the latest addition to series following “Blue Christmas Bones”.
“Wild Dark Shore” by Charlotte McConaghy. On a remote island near Antarctica, the Salt family’s fragile existence is upended by the arrival of Rowan, a mysterious woman who washes ashore during a storm, forcing them to confront rising dangers and the hope of rebuilding trust amidst isolation and loss.
“Carved in Blood, No.3 (Hana Westerman Thrillers)” by Michael Bennett. Detective Hana Westerman is drawn into a high-stakes investigation when her ex-husband is murdered, uncovering a tangled web of gang violence and past vendettas in Auckland's underworld in the third book of the series following “Return to Blood”.
“We Don’t Talk About Carol” by Kristen Berry. While grappling with fertility struggles and a failing marriage, journalist Sydney Singleton uncovers a decades-old mystery involving her long-lost aunt Carol, one of six Black girls who vanished in 1960s North Carolina, but as she digs deeper, her own traumatic past threatens to consume her.
“Not Quite Dead Yet” by Holly Jackson. Thirty-six hours after being attacked, Jet wakes in the hospital to grim news that a bone fragment is putting pressure on her brain’s arterial wall and will cause a fatal hemorrhage—instead of choosing surgery with a slim chance of survival, she uses her last week to find her murderer.
“The Death Mask , no. 31 (Eve Duncan)” by Iris Johansen. Eve Duncan races against time to protect her beloved family from a merciless killer.
“The President’s Shadow: A Shadow Thriller” by James Patterson & Richard Dilallo. One of America’s iconic thriller heroes recruits his lasting love, Margo Lane, and his great-great-granddaughter, Maddy Gomes, to join an international investigation.
“The First Gentleman” by James Patterson & Bill Clinton. America has a powerful new president ... and her husband's on trial for murder.